Analog Devices Blackfin, Getting Started

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Introduction
Application Benchmarks™, which represent key signal processing applications.
BDTI licenses its benchmark suites for vendor use, and can implement the bench-
marks if needed.
BDTI’s benchmark suites have been implemented on a wide range of DSPs, gen-
eral-purpose processors, and FPGAs. Nearly all mainstream processors used in
signal processing applications today have been benchmarked with the BDTI
Benchmarks.
Beyond the benchmark results, BDTI analyzes processors and FPGAs to provide
invaluable perspective and insight. BDTI’s rigorous, in-depth evaluations identify
competitive strengths and weaknesses, and serve the needs of both engineering
and marketing.
The BDTI Benchmark Suites ™
Good benchmarks are essential for evaluating and comparing technologies, for
making informed decisions, and for developing credible marketing programs. But
not all benchmarks are created equal, and using the wrong benchmarks can result
in poor decisions, ineffective marketing, and failed products.
BDTI has over a decade of experience in developing and implementing signal
processing benchmarks for chips, systems, and tools. We are the only ven-
dor-independent source for signal processing benchmarks. We’ve benchmarked
the signal-processing performance of DSP processors, general-purpose processors,
multi-core processors, and reconfigurable cores, among other targets. If you use
BDTI’s benchmarks, you'll be confident that you're working with technically
sound and unbiased performance data.
About the Scores
The BDTImark2000™ is a summary measure of processors’ signal processing
speed. The score is distilled from a processor’s results on the BDTI DSP Kernel
Benchmarks, a suite of 12 key DSP algorithms. A higher score indicates a faster
processor.
Because it is based on realistic benchmarks, the BDTImark2000 characterizes a
processor’s signal processing speed far more accurately than simplified measures
such as millions of multiply-accumulates per second (MMACS).